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Meaning of "chelicerae"

Chelicerae: The pair of appendages found near the mouth of arachnids, such as spiders and scorpions. They are used for feeding and defense, and in some species, for injecting venom into prey
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The robust chelicerae do not point forward.
These hairs are usually found on the chelicerae.
Their chelicerae and fangs are large and powerful.
The long neck is matched by long chelicerae.
Chelicerae with three promarginal teeth.
Both margins of chelicerae have teeth.
The chelicerae are brown and robust.
They inject venom in their victims with chelicerae.
The outer chelicerae segment consists of three teeth.
Males usually have enlarged chelicerae.
The chelicerae are often decisive elements for systematists.
They are characterized by the presence of chelicerae.
The chelicerae are heavy with strong teeth in both fingers.
They are elongated spiders with long legs and chelicerae.
Its chelicerae are proportionally large.

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Males have obliquely oriented chelicerae with long fangs.
The chelicerae have three teeth at the front edge.
It lacks a rastellum on the chelicerae.
Chelicerae of males are usually more developed than those of females.
They have large chelicerae with long and thin fangs.
Chelicerae are pale colored.
Different types of chelicerae.
Chelicerae are creamy colored.
The opisthosoma is spherical and the chelicerae have two anterior teeth.
The male lacks any stridulating hairs on the inside of the chelicerae.
The greatly enlarged chelicerae can be almost twice as long as the body.
Prey is located with the pedipalps and killed and cut into pieces by the chelicerae.
The eyes are located above the chelicerae on the forward part of the prosoma.
The chelicerae are found in front of the mouthparts and look like modified pincers.
They do not have any eyes yet and their chelicerae are short and sharp.
The chelicerae are reddish yellow and the legs are also reddish yellow with brown rings.
The chelifores of the Pycnogonida may be homologous to chelicerae.
The chelicerae are enormously enlarged in males of the subfamily Megalopsalidinae.
When lowered, it covers the mouth and the chelicerae.
In males, the chelicerae are longer and projected.
This is a small-bodied gamma male with small chelicerae.
The chelicerae of this species exhibit unique, conspicuous apophyses.
Spiders also have external fangs, which are part of the chelicerae.
Chelicerae are short and powerful, with teeth on the inside.
Compared to other species of spiders, their chelicerae are not large or powerful.
Chelicerae has a weak rastellum, with a large intercheliceral tumescence.
Notably, they have disproportionately large chelicerae for a spider of this size.
Scorpions ' chelicerae have three sections and are used in feeding.
Adults have a small hood, which hides their short chelicerae and pedipalps.
Unlike the chelicerae of arachnids, mandibles can often be used to chew food.
They produce no venom, but instead have pinching pedipalps and a pair of smaller chelicerae.
Males have very large, long chelicerae which diverge and project forwards.
They produce no venom, but instead have arm-like pedipalps and a pair of smaller chelicerae.
The mouthparts, or chelicerae, are composed of two segments forming a fixed and a moveable digit.
She also appears to have a gaping mouth, equipped with four chelicerae and two fangs.

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